Lena Lunsford was taken into custody by authorities in Pinellas County, Fla., where she is awaiting extradition on a charge of death of a child by a parent by child abuse, Lewis County, WV, Sheriff Adam Gissy told The Exponent Telegram.

Lena Lunsford was taken into custody by authorities in Pinellas County, Fla., where she is awaiting extradition on a charge of death of a child by a parent by child abuse, Lewis County, WV, Sheriff Adam Gissy told The Exponent Telegram.

If the flood of prescription painkillers in West Virginia fueled the state’s opioid crisis, new prescribing guidelines being taught to medical students, future pharmacists and nurses are seen as critical to stemming the tide. Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines to ensure patients have access to safer, more effective pain treatments while reducing the risk of opioid abuse.

If the flood of prescription painkillers in West Virginia fueled the state’s opioid crisis, new prescribing guidelines being taught to medical students, future pharmacists and nurses are seen as critical to stemming the tide. Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines to ensure patients have access to safer, more effective pain treatments while reducing the risk of opioid abuse.

Five years into her sobriety, Elly Donahue is more than willing to give credit where it’s due. “Drug court was my first step to recovery,” said Donahue, who graduated from drug court in 2013. “It’s what pushed me in that direction. I’d been in and out of rehab numerous times before, but drug court makes you accountable and responsible for your actions. It’s what I needed.”

Five years into her sobriety, Elly Donahue is more than willing to give credit where it’s due. “Drug court was my first step to recovery,” said Donahue, who graduated from drug court in 2013. “It’s what pushed me in that direction. I’d been in and out of rehab numerous times before, but drug court makes you accountable and responsible for your actions. It’s what I needed.”

MARIETTA, OH -

Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc., has agreed to pay a
$37,500 fine and make a $12,500 community service payment for failing to report
violations of environmental permits for its mineral processing operation, which
is a felony.

Under the plea agreement, which still must be approved by U.S.
District Judge Algenon L. Marbley for the Southern District of Ohio, Marietta
Industrial President William Scott Elliott could spend 48 hours in jail
followed by five months and 28 days of house arrest on a misdemeanor charge of
being an accessory after the fact.

The deal was announced Friday, Dec. 6 by Carter Stewart, U.S. Attorney for
the Southern District of Ohio; Randall K. Ashe, Special Agent in Charge of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, and
Scott J. Nally, director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

"The Marietta, Ohio, company has agreed to perform 200
hours of community service, with at least 100 hours being personally performed
by Elliott, in addition to a three-year probation term for the company, which
must conduct an environmental audit of their facilities and correct any
deficiencies identified in that audit," Stewart said in a news release issued
Dec. 6. "These steps will ensure safety for the community and employees going
forward."

Authorities say one of the company's manufacturing processes is
crushing medium carbon ferromanganese alloy, referred to as medium carbon, in a
mill line. Emissions from the mill lines are captured by equipment known
as a baghouse using a large electric fan to ensure that air pollution from the
facility is limited. Company employees, however, began turning off the fan when
processing medium carbon sometime in 2006, they said.

Elliott learned in May 2009 that the baghouse fans were being
turned off when medium carbon was crushed and put an end to the practice,
authorities said.

Marietta Industrial's permit calls for the company to disclose
any instances that the baghouse had not operated properly in its quarterly and
annual reports to Ohio EPA, but no violations were reported.

The case was jointly investigated by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal
Investigation, Ohio EPA, and the U.S. EPA Criminal Investigation Division, all
members of the Central Ohio Environmental Crimes Task Force. Special Assistant
U.S. Attorney Brad Beeson and Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Michael Marous
prosecuted the case.